Much like their western counterparts, the silver screen sirens of Indian Cinema were influential when it came to fashion. Here are some of the trademark hair looks of the Bollywood beauty queens of the 1950s.

When I was a young girl living in Pakistan, I remember uttering the phrase “Australia mein kangaroos key ilawa aur kuch bhi nahin hai!” (There’s nothing in Australia but Kangaroos and desert). 15 years later, here is what Djuki Mala has reminded me about white Australia’s Black history